University Teachers’ Psychological State During the Stress of Online Education after Pandemic in Wartime in Ukraine

Authors

  • Ilona Kostikova Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of the English Language, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-4846
  • Liudmyla Holubnycha Doctor of Sciences in Education, Ph.D. in Education, Full Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Yuliia Sytnykova Ph.D. in Education, Associate Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Tetiana Shchokina Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Natalia Soroka Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Svitlana Tarasova Ph.D in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of English Philology and Methodics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i13.39825

Keywords:

questionnaire, stress, online, university teacher

Abstract


Online education is a world need. Many universities continue providing online education. The first stress from pandemic and online teaching went on and university teachers managed to cope it. The next stress from wartime in Ukraine came and online teaching goes on, so university teachers manage to cope it again. The purpose of the research is to show university teachers’ psychological state during online education after pandemic in wartime in Ukraine. For achieving the stated purpose, we applied the methods of analysis and synthesis, questionnaire, calculating methods, in particular, MS Excel. The questionnaire consisted of questions help to describe the psychological teachers state, fear, stress, anxiety. The participants of the research became 49 university teachers from Ukraine. The results are as follows. The most common negative impacts on mental health are depression, isolation, family danger, possibility of being attacked, pressure from the war, lack of social life. The most constructive impacts on mental health are morale, social media, chatting, good war news. It is recommended to use different resources to overcome university teachers’ stress. They are faith, feelings, socialization, imagination, thinking, physiological activity. The conclusion is online education after pandemic in Ukraine is still stressful because of wartime. It is recommended to use different resources to overcome university teachers’ stress.

Author Biographies

Ilona Kostikova, Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of the English Language, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Ilona Kostikova is Doctor of Sciences in Education, Ph.D. in Education, Ph.D. in Philology, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of the English Language, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. She is the Editor-in-Chief in the journal ‘Educational Challenges’ at http://educationalchallenges.org.ua/. She is a member of TESOL (email: ilonakostikova@gmail.com). The research interests are ICT, digital technology, CALL, teaching English.

Liudmyla Holubnycha , Doctor of Sciences in Education, Ph.D. in Education, Full Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Liudmyla Holubnycha is Doctor of Sciences in Education, Ph.D. in Education, Full Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (email: golubnichaya11@gmail.com). The research interests are history of education, higher education didactics, innovative methods of teaching English.

Yuliia Sytnykova , Ph.D. in Education, Associate Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Yuliia Sytnykova is Ph.D. in Education, Associate Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv, Ukraine (email: sitnikova.julia37@gmail.com). The research interests are methodology, methods of mathematical statistics, innovative methods of teaching Mathematics in English.

Tetiana Shchokina, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Tetiana Shchokina is Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (t.m.shchokina@nlu.edu.ua). The research interests are Linguistics, teaching English for specific purposes.

Natalia Soroka , Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Natalia Soroka is Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Professional Communications, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (n.a.soroka@nlu.edu.ua). The research interests are Linguistics, teaching Law English.

Svitlana Tarasova , Ph.D in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of English Philology and Methodics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Svitlana Tarasova is Ph.D in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of English Philology and Methodics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (svetlana.tarasova12@gmail.com). She is an Adjunct of Warsaw National University, Faculty of International Relations, Poland. The research interests are Linguistics, teaching foreign languages, teaching and learning methodology.

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2023-07-07

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Kostikova, I., Holubnycha , L. ., Sytnykova , Y., Shchokina, T., Soroka , N., & Tarasova , S. . (2023). University Teachers’ Psychological State During the Stress of Online Education after Pandemic in Wartime in Ukraine. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 18(13), pp. 152–162. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i13.39825

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Vol. 18 No. 13 (2023)

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